Container for adhesive and the like



Jan. 2, 1934. vl w. G; KEMP CONTAINER FOR ADHESIVE AND THE LIKE Filed Feb. 19. 1931 lmlHll (l (Uu Mmmm) m) has at its inner edge a threaded ange 7 which y of the container 1. It is necessary to prevent I 40 in the edge of the plate 6. An annular plate or ,-45 tube 2 as shown at 12.

1 is filled with adhesive through a hole (not Patented Jan. 2, 1934 PATENT OFFICE 1 I Y 1,942,248 v f CONTAINER Foa ADHESIVE AND THE LIKE Victor William George Kemp, Grove Park,

England Application February 19, 1931, serialNo. 517,045, and in Great Britain August 14, 1930 5 Claims.

This invention relates to 'paste pots. When a stiff paste is used from a pot of the kind hav-y ing a central tube to contain the brush and the paste is a hollow cylindrical mass surrounding said tube, there is a tendency to wipe the paste on its centreline and to leave the portions at the sides adjacent thel wall of theA pot and the wall of the tube, which portions become hard. and

useless. Further as thel paste is used towards the bottom of the pot it is difficult to employ a short brush such as may -be accommodated in the central tube. The present invention has for object tov overcome these and other'disadvantages.

Specic forms of the invention will now be described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawing whereinzd Fig. l is a section in perspective view, partly in section, of one form, and

Fig. 2 is a similar view of a second form.

Like references refer to like parts throughout the drawing.

Referring to Fig. 1, the container 1 is circular and has at the centre a tube 2 which is so formed that its surface is a screw thread extending from the top to the bottom thereof. Said tube is secured by a rivet 3 to a false bottom 4 consisting of a dished plate mounted on the bottom 5 of the container and rotatable thereon. An annular plate 6 surrounds the central tube 2 and extends to the wall 1 of the container. Said plate engages the threaded surface of the tubular member 2 so that on rotating the latter the threaded flange 7 is caused to traverse the tube 2 and the plate 6 to move towards one end or the other rotation of the plate in relation to the container 1 and this is attained by providing longitudinal inward projections 8 in the wall of the container 1 which projections engage slots or depressions 9 grid 10 encircles and is mounted on the tube 2 at its upper end. 'Ihe inner edge of said plate is turned upwards to form a Wall 11 which at its upper edge is turned over the upper end of the The annular plate 10 has parts 13 cut out and bent slightly downwards about one of their edges as shown at 14 to constitute cutting members.

The plate 6 being at the bottom the container shown) in the plate 10 and when it is required to use such adhesive, the false bottom 4 is rotated and with it the tube 2. The plate 6 and with it the adhesive is thus forced upwards. At

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the same time the plate 10 is rotated and the i surface of the adhesive is removed by the parts 13 and passedto the upper side ofthe plate, whence it may be removed by a brush. The central tube 2 constitutes a receptacle for storing the brush. When it is required to rell the container the falsebottom 4 is rotated to move the plate 6 tov the bottom and fresh adhesive 4is supplied through the hole not shown. 15 is the lid whichvts in the usual way over the upper end of the container 1.

1 Referring now to Fig. 2,V the plate 6 has a threaded flange 7 at its outer edge which engages the threaded surface of the circular container '1; The inner edge of the plate is of a shape to engage the central tube 2 which, in the example shown, is of square section. When the false bottom 4 is rotated the tube 2 is consequently rotated and carries round the plate 6 which is caused to traverse from the bottom to the top of the container 1 to carry with it the adhesive as described in connection with Fig. 1.

It will be understood that a similar movement occurs if the central tube 2 is held stationary and the container 1 is rotated about it.

Various modifications may be made without departing from the invention. For example, instead of the annular plate 10 having parts 13 which are bent downwards to remove the adhesive when the central tube is rotated, the plate 10 may have apertures through which the adhesive is forced. This arrangement, however, is not so satisfactory in that it is found that considerable force is necessary to cause the adhesive to be extruded through said apertures. If the plate 10 is not to be rotated other means of mounting it may be provided.

In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2 the central tube may be circular and provided with projections, for example, similar to the projections 8 in the wall of the container 1 of Fig. 1, such projections engaging slots or depressions in the inner edge of the plate 6.

The central tube 2 may be of other shape than square, for example, it may be triangular, hexagonal or other shape and engage similar shaped holes in the plate 6 so that the latter is carried round when the tube is rotated.

In the form of the invention illustrated in Fig.

1 the container may be of other shape than cylin- Sii fee

What I claim is:

1. Paste-pot comprising a tubular inner container for the paste brush, an annular outer container for the paste, an annular apertured plate mounted in said outer container in such manner as to partition off an upper annular space, a second annular plate in said outer container,y and means for moving said second 'plate from the bottom of the outer container towards the apertured plate, whereby paste in said outer container can be forced through the last named plate into the upper space when it can be removed by said brush.

2. Paste-pot comprising a tubular inner brushcontainer with an external thread, an annular outer paste-container, an annular apertured plate mounted in said outer container in such manner as to partition off an upper annular space, a second annular plate arranged in said outer container and having an internal thread to engage the lexternal thread n the inner container, a -false pot-bottomqsecured to said inner container for rotating the same, and means engaging between the second annular plate and outercontainer for preventing relative rotation whilst permitting relative axial movement.

3. Paste-pot comprising a tubularinner brushcontainer, an annular outer paste-container with an internal thread, an annular Vplate arranged in said outer container and having any external thread Ito engage the internal thread on the outer container, and a `false pot-bottom secured to the inner container for rotating the same together with the annular plate, said tubular container being made of prismatic shape so that the annular plate is incapable of rotation although capable of axial movement in relation thereto.

4. Paste-pot comprising a rotatable inner container fror the paste brush, an annular outer container Afor the past'e, an annular plate in said outer container, means for feeding said plate upwardly therein, and a paste-removing grid mounted on the inner container for rotation therewith and below the level of the top of the outer container thereby partitioning off an annular space in the upper part of the latter, which 'space serves to receive the paste removed by said grid.

5. Paste pot comprising a tubular inner container Lfor the paste brush, an annular outer container for the paste, an annular plate in said outer container, screw-thread means for traversing said plate axially of said loutercontainer by Yrotation of said inner container, an apertured annular plate mounted on said inner container to' rotate th'erewithin the outer lfcnftainer, 'such apertured plate being disposed below the top ef the vuter'c u tainer so as to Aform an upper annular space therev150() in, and paste' remet/ing parts carried by said ape'" tured plate, y1""otatior`1`of the inner eontaier 'ther I by serving by the one operatienad Itnthesam time to traverse the inst-named aiula plate" K and t` rotatevth'e apertued plate and removing parts, so that paste istrn'sf said outer container to said upper space; D

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